( LIVE THREAD ) Solemn Funeral Rites for Pope John Paul II (Resource Materials for those watching)

Its something I dont think I'll ever forget from this day

781 posted on 04/08/2005 4:05:18 AM PDT by CincinnatiKid (Go Thou, GO thou, thy hence and of this world report you will and truly... Jack Kerouac)

bfl. Fairwell, old friend.

782 posted on 04/08/2005 4:05:40 AM PDT by oyez (¡Qué viva la revolución de Reagan!)

Sounds like a good idea.

Goodnight, everybody -

783 posted on 04/08/2005 4:05:40 AM PDT by SealSeven

Fundamentalist Muslims are probably rethinking their whole jihad idea right about now....

Let's hope so. I wonder what Khatami and others from countries where Christians are persecuted were thinking during the Mass.

784 posted on 04/08/2005 4:06:08 AM PDT by Tex_GOP_Cruz (Nunc dimittis servum tuum Joannem Paulum II, Domine, secundum verbum tuum in pace.)

FNC is still on here.
I am partial to EWTN.
They're still live from Rome.

Thanks for posting the magnificent photos.

785 posted on 04/08/2005 4:06:54 AM PDT by onyx (Robert Frost "Good fences make good neighbors." Build the fence, Mr. President and Congress.)

To: CincinnatiKid

I think we all feel that way too...and privileged to have lived in his lifetime.

786 posted on 04/08/2005 4:06:58 AM PDT by Carolinamom (Proud to be 1 of 35 NC monthly donors to FR)

**Multiple commentators noting that this is going to be *the* most well-attended and well-observed funerals in history.**

To the demise of many world leaders!

787 posted on 04/08/2005 4:07:42 AM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)

I'm so grateful you were here tonight.
This has been an event of a lifetime.
Like one priest said on EWTN, this has been a celebration
of profound grief and profound gratitude.

Santo, Santo.
The Cardinals took note of the crowd's insistence.

788 posted on 04/08/2005 4:10:10 AM PDT by onyx (Robert Frost "Good fences make good neighbors." Build the fence, Mr. President and Congress.)

British Prime Minister Tony Blair (L) and his wife Cherie Blair attend the funeral for the late Pope John Paul II at the Vatican April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to the Pope on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, at center in background, celebrates mass from the altar overlooking Pope John Paul II's casket, as priests walk on, during the funeral in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Friday April 8, 2005. Royalty, political power brokers and multitudes of the faithful came to pay their last respects to the pontiff, at a funeral promising to be one of the largest Western religious gatherings of modern times. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti)

A cardinal wipes his eye during the funeral mass for the late Pope John Paul II in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to Pope John Paul on Friday as one of the most momentous funerals in history got under way at the Vatican. REUTERS/Yves Herman

German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger blesses the coffin of the late Pope John Paul II at the end of the funeral at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to the Pope on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (L) looks on as pallbearers lift the coffin of the late Pope John Paul II at the end of the funeral at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to the Pope on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

International clergy, along with world leaders and millions of mourners attend the funeral Mass for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2005, in Vatican City. U.S. President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush lead the official American delegation that includes his father, former President George H.W. Bush, former President Bill Clinton, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pallbearers carry the coffin of the late Pope John Paul II inside St. Peter's Basilica after the funeral mass at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to the Pope on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

789 posted on 04/08/2005 4:10:26 AM PDT by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)

To: BigSkyFreeper

I think it may be appropriate to quote a new song by a modern musician on this event:

We try not to show how frightened we are
It would seem lonely if you were the only star in the night
You've got to believe it'll be alright in the end.
You've got to believe it'll be alright again.
And nobody knows what's gonna happen tomorrow.
So don't let go now we've come this far.
Hold my hand, please understand we're never alone.
We've got to believe it'll be alright in the end.

(Duran Duran - "What Happens Tomorrow")

790 posted on 04/08/2005 4:10:59 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)

I was thinking it might have been the Pope's private lectionary. Too thin for a Bible.

791 posted on 04/08/2005 4:11:44 AM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)

To: BigSkyFreeper

Same here. I felt moved and there was something majestic, stately, solemn and dignified about the service. It both a tribute and a farewell. And people just lingered on after it was all over. The way I think about funerals and death is, to me its not really a good-bye at all since good people are never gone. They live on in our hearts. Even as we pray for their souls and commend them to the care of God and eternal rest - they're always green and living in our thoughts. People will come to see the Pope the same way despite the passage of time.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

792 posted on 04/08/2005 4:11:56 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)

Thank you

I'll have to search for it later

My brain cells are a tad fried at the moment to read anything

793 posted on 04/08/2005 4:12:48 AM PDT by Mo1 ("Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it" ~ Pope John Paul II)

Thanks for the thread, Salvation.
It's a keeper.

794 posted on 04/08/2005 4:12:51 AM PDT by onyx (Robert Frost "Good fences make good neighbors." Build the fence, Mr. President and Congress.)

Fox reporting that Bush is on his way right now to the airport.

795 posted on 04/08/2005 4:13:42 AM PDT by mystery-ak (Free Snuggles......pay his ransom by donating to Free Republic..)

796 posted on 04/08/2005 4:13:52 AM PDT by Carolinamom (Proud to be 1 of 35 NC monthly donors to FR)

Thanks for the great pictures.

797 posted on 04/08/2005 4:14:18 AM PDT by Colorado Buckeye (It's the culture stupid!)

MSNBC was better, no talking at all while the service was on going, which I very much appreciated.

798 posted on 04/08/2005 4:14:42 AM PDT by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)

To: Colorado Buckeye

799 posted on 04/08/2005 4:15:14 AM PDT by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)

It's been a blessing to share this special thread with y'all.
Thanks everybody.

"Be not afraid."

800 posted on 04/08/2005 4:15:59 AM PDT by onyx (Robert Frost "Good fences make good neighbors." Build the fence, Mr. President and Congress.)

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